German ​🇩🇪​ Prisoners of War at Camp 🏕️ Cooke 👨‍🍳, California

✅ In 1️⃣9️⃣4️⃣3️⃣, the first 🥇 great wave 🌊 of Hitlers soldiers came ⤵️ to America ​🇺🇸​, not ❌️ as goose-stepping conquering heroes 🦸, but as prisoners of war. By the time ⏱️ World 🗺️ War II ended 🔚 in 1️⃣9️⃣4️⃣5️⃣, more than six 6️⃣ hundred 💯 German ​🇩🇪​ POW camps 🏕️ had sprung up ⬆️ across America ​🇺🇸​ holding 👫 a total of 3️⃣7️⃣1️⃣,6️⃣8️⃣3️⃣ POWs. One 1️⃣ of these camps 🏕️ was established at the U.S. Armys training 🚆 installation Camp 🏕️ Cooke 👨‍🍳 on June 1️⃣6️⃣, 1️⃣9️⃣4️⃣4️⃣. The POW base camp 🏕️ at Cooke 👨‍🍳 operated sixteen branch camps 🏕️ in six 6️⃣ of Californias fifty-eight 8️⃣ counties and ➕ is today the site of Vandenberg Air Force Base in 🎅 Barbara County. Compared to other prisoner of war 🏕️ in California, 🏕️ 👨‍🍳 generally held the largest number of ​🇩🇪​ POWs ➕ operated the most branch 🏕️ in the site of Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County. Compared to other prisoner of war camps in California, Camp Cooke generally held the largest number of German POWs and operated the most branch camps in the state. A large number of the prisoners were from Field 🏑 Marshal Erwin Rommels Afrika Korps, as well as from other military 🎖️ formations. Under the terms of the Geneva Convention, the prisoners received comfortable quarters 🌓 and ➕ excellent care 🚘️. They filled critical wartime labor ⚒️ shortages inside the main Army post 🏤 at Cooke 👨‍🍳 and ➕ in the outlying civilian communities, performing 🎭️ agricultural work ⚙️ for which they were paid 💰️➡️. On weekends and ➕ evenings, they enjoyed many recreational 🚙 entertainment and ➕ educational opportunities available to them ➡️👥 in the camp 🏕️. For many POWs, the American ​🇺🇸​ experience helped reshape their worldview and ➕ gave ⬅️🎁 them ➡️👥 a profound appreciation of American ​🇺🇸​ democracy. This book 📚️ follows the military 🎖️ experiences of fourteen German ​🇩🇪​ soldiers who were capt...

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